![]() Gewappneter” (“When a strong man armed”), Op. Woe”), “Wenn wir in H ö chsten Noten Sein” (“When we are in deepest need”), Moore,* “Ich aber bin Elend” (“But I am full of The cello’s song like quality, the program opened with a group ofĮight-part motets (sung pieces) by Brahms, arranged for cellos by Douglas B. Was a mix of baroque, romantic and contemporary, even the Beatles. With close-ups of hands, bows, fingerboards, bridges and faces intent on making music. As for the photos, they were quite engaging, However, and there was no disturbance by way of camera clicks or the like. As the title "Cello Portraits" indicates, there were visuals, in this case photography and not just pre-existing slides, but black-and-white images shot and projected during the performance by renowned arts photographer Michael Wilson with technical support by Varland Photography of Cincinnati.ĭisconcerting at first to see Wilson creeping around the players with his Of viols,” a grouping of violas da gamba (antique cousin of the cello) popular during the Renaissance and baroque periods. Ultimately, the genre derives from the “consort Philharmonic and the Yale Cellos, both of which record. Today there are such distinguished ensembles as the 12 Cellists of the Berlin ![]() ![]() Spurred the development of cello choirs in the 20 th century. The great Spanish cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) Violin - the cello is capable of a wide range of expression. What better location to relish these mellow sounds than the handsome space of century-old Mercantile Library, surrounded by books, paintingsĭeep bass to the upper reaches of its highest string - where it can sing like a Concert:nova, Cincinnati heard the instrument at its most eloquent Monday evening in the Mercantile LibraryĬhristina Coletta and Theodore Nelson, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra principalĬellist Ilya Finkelshteyn, CSO cellists Tao Ni, Susan Marshall Petersen andĪlan Rafferty, Cincinnati free lance cellist/teacher Sarah Kim and s pecial guest, New York cellist Richardīelcher of the Enso Quartet. ![]()
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